How to deploy pods and services on Kubernetes

Build Podsmith, an intro cluster lab with pods and services with Kubernetes, kubectl, pods, services.

  • Difficulty Intermediate
  • Parts 10
  • Stack Kubernetes, kubectl, pods, services

What you are learning

Podsmith is an intro cluster lab with pods and services. The teaching focus is Kubernetes (Kubernetes, kubectl, pods, services).

Work in order. Early parts set vocabulary and environment; later parts assume the earlier checkpoints.

How to use these lessons

Read the goal, open the matching GitHub folder, complete the lab or exercises, then return for the explanation. If a command fails, check you are in the numbered folder first.

Open the Podsmith GitHub repo →

Parts in order

Each chapter below is one checkpoint in this lab.